MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F014.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F014.rap.sound Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 20 Date: 14 hour RUC valid 14Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.25,-96.73 Latitude: 33.25 Longitude: -96.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 85 SFC 986 209 23.3 20.5 84 2.8 21.3 205 14 297.7 300.5 295.0 342.7 15.55 2 950 532 20.3 19.8 98 0.4 20.0 210 27 297.7 300.6 295.0 342.7 15.52 3 900 1000 20.0 15.8 76 4.3 17.1 213 33 302.2 304.5 294.1 339.4 12.61 4 850 1492 18.0 11.3 65 6.7 13.7 232 25 305.0 306.9 293.0 334.9 9.97 5 800 2009 14.6 8.7 68 5.9 11.0 247 21 306.7 308.4 292.7 333.5 8.87 6 750 2551 10.6 6.6 76 4.1 8.2 232 14 308.1 309.7 292.5 333.0 8.17 7 700 3123 7.6 0.6 61 7.0 3.8 227 13 310.9 312.0 291.3 328.7 5.72 8 650 3730 3.7 -2.3 64 6.1 0.7 218 14 313.2 314.1 291.4 328.8 4.96 9 600 4375 -1.3 -3.5 85 2.1 -2.4 206 17 314.6 315.5 291.8 330.3 4.94 10 550 5062 -6.5 -8.1 88 1.6 -7.2 212 27 316.4 317.1 291.3 328.6 3.79 11 500 5800 -11.4 -19.1 53 7.7 -13.8 218 33 319.2 319.5 290.2 324.9 1.69 12 450 6600 -14.9 -34.7 17 19.7 -18.8 225 42 324.5 324.5 290.6 326.1 0.45 13 400 7482 -20.0 -52.6 4 32.6 -23.6 232 53 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.07 14 350 8456 -27.7 -50.2 10 22.5 -29.8 240 61 331.4 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.11 15 300 9544 -36.3 -51.2 20 14.9 -37.4 244 69 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.11 16 250 10779 -46.6 -54.6 39 8.0 -46.9 249 78 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.2 0.09 17 200 12246 -51.2 -73.0 6 21.8 -51.6 256 85 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14063 -62.6 -81.2 7 18.6 -62.7 249 71 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.3 0.00 19 100 16495 -71.8 -87.0 9 15.2 -71.9 256 35 389.0 389.0 303.6 389.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.31 m Freezing level: 613.16 mb = 4204.95 m = 13795.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.10 mb = 3866.20 m = 12684.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.32 % Est. max temperature: 31.10 C = 87.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.23 mb = 566.78 m = 1859.49 ft T: 20.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 14.03 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.20 mb = 1744.70 m = 5724.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.46 C = 88.63 F Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lifted Index: -5.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.50 C Showalter Index: -2.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.41 C Cross Totals Index: 22.73 C K Index: 33.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 283.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 992.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 89.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.11 mb = 970.10 m = 3182.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 748.11 mb = 2572.12 m = 8438.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.11 mb = 11381.39 m = 37340.07 ft B at Equ Level: 974.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.11 mb = 14138.94 m = 46387.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.6 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 249.6 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -5.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.3 neg: -6.7 tot: 87.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 453.59 Bulk Shear: 2.19 m/s